Michisaburō Segawa Movies

The second in a trilogy of Kunisada Chuji films by Hiroshi Inagaki.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

1961 Japanese movie

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power...

An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

First part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai,...

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a...